Cyclomaniacs 2 will obviously have badges at some point, so let’s go over how to play the game. It’s exactly like Cyclomaniacs 1, in so much as that it’s a huge grind fest but this time with hardcore annoying voice acting. So, yeah, prepare to suffer a ton and spend forever getting the badges whenever they come out (which they will since this is Cyclomaniacs 2).

UPDATED!! 8/18 and 8/19 the guide is now mostly complete! Locations of riders is added and a walkthrough of the rest of the zones are in!!

Cyclomaniacs 2 Guide

Gameplay is simple, use W to speed up (or up arrow key) ad to move and s to stop (or, the arrow keys <>). You need to focus on two main mechanics. The first is that your bike hates you and that you need to avoid touching your drivers body with any part of the terrain, which sends you back to a checkpoint flag. The second is that you need boost to outspeed past the other racers to place anywhere, which means you need to do stunts.

The stunts are as follows:

Front Wheelie – Perch your bike on the front wheel.

Back Wheelie – Perch your bike on the back wheel.

Back Spin – Spin backwards while in the air.

Front Spin – Spin frontwards in the air.

Invert – The hardest one, spend some time upside down while in the air.

Tick Tacks – Move left to right while in the air, not spinning.

What is invert? Well, invert is when you’re upside down in the air and then you return, it’s not a spin, it’s more of a hold yourself in place upside down kind of thing.

What is tick tacks in Cyclomaniacs 2? Well, it’s when you sweep your bike left and then right, like you’re about to spin, but not. Kind of like a rollercoaster. Think about going left a bit, then all the right, before you turn into a spin, head left again. You can chain them rather fast and are good for farming stunt power.

The more stunts that you do the higher your stunt meter goes. The higher the stunt meter the more boost you’ll earn. The more boost = the faster you go. Which on some of the later levels is absolutely needed for Cyclomaniacs 2.

That’s about it for the basics of the game. You can choose your racer which we will outline a little bit below and it affects gameplay slightly. You can also upgrade yourself some, which helps greatly, but unlike other games will not let you instant win. However, you’ll find yourself saving some maps for when you have more cash for upgrades and returning to unlock a racer.

Badge Guide to Cyclomaniacs 2

Okay, so the badges are out, yay!

Easy Rider Badge – Unlock 5 riders. Easy.

Cartographic Crust Badge – Get first pizza slice. See the track listing below.

Unlock 90 total unlockables – Keep racing to unlock things until you have 90 unlocks. You’ll see a ! on maps where there is still things to unlock. Beat the game to unlock A TON of stuff.

Pretty easy badges eh?

Cyclomaniacs 2 Secrets

Before you even start racing, let’s talk secrets. There are a ton of secrets in the game that you might want to unlock just from the start (or for badges) since Cyclomaniacs 2 is HEAVY on secrets. First is the headquarters. Below is an image of various “secret triggers”:

The minigames are as follows

Pizzaroids: Click the power plug next to the T.V. and then open the cabinet. You’ll play a simple game that you’ll need 15,000 points in to unlock Haddock. Some complain about it but *shrug*, max out minigames.

FishiBishi: Eat the smaller fish, you’ll go through a level then you’ll get your 5,000 points around the second one to unlock BOFF

Catflapper: This one is easy, you’re a falling cat and you can hold the mouse button to glide when you have energy (by eating the birds). You can use the various panels to push you up some then use the mouse to hop off of them, saving you a ton of energy. Anyway 1,200 points unlock Pop Jim.

First, press the button on the far left, then where it says “puzzle” press the top middle button then the bottom middle button. Then you can do Brain Training where you’ll need to get some points to unlock The Professor (1,000). Kinda hard. The um, door has a free $200 in it. There is an explosive barrel on the other side, but I don’t think it does anything.

Well, then there is ice cream. We’ll go over Ice Cream locations in the track listing. That’s it for secrets in Cyclomaniacs 2.

Beating Cyclomaniacs 2

You can beat the game by collecting the 4 pizza slices (see our track listings for locations) and then beating the last level. Pretty easy, right? Not really, get ready to farm your head off and try, try, and try again on some really insane levels. That isn’t the end though, you get a ton more levels to play after you rescue Jennifer.

Upgrades

Upgrades in Cyclomaniacs 2 works pretty well, basically you can buy levels of them. You’ll want to focus on Speed first and Brake last.

Speed: How fast you go.

Acceleration: How long it takes you to get to your max speed.

Brake: How quickly you can stop. Get this last.

Boost: Upgrades your boost.

Spin: Upgrades how fast you can spin.

Jump: How far you can jump.

Minigame: Some report this has no affect, but I don’t think so (I maxxed it and it works out pretty well for me).

Cyclomaniacs 2 Tips

Make sure you spam up at the start to up your boost.

Use the right bike for the map.

Don’t be afraid to farm easy maps where you make more money.

Expect to take awhile.

Unlike the mini-games first and have some fun with them, although they do cost money.

There is no cheats in Cyclomaniacs 2.

So don’t expect to cheat at Cyclomaniacs 2.

It’s a game of skill, so learn how to do flips and land and do the various tricks for boost. Boost is super important.

Worship your boost, because boost is what keeps you alive and in the front.

Bike / Rider Listings in Cyclomaniacs 2

Bikes come in a few flavors. There are normal bikes, that are just well good all around. Then there is the wheelie bikes that have a huge wheel and small wheel. This lets them do wheelies like mad. Air bikes have a really good spin to them (and very small). Bump bikes usually have weird wheels or a ton of weight to them and go over bumpy maps. A few water boats work on levels with lots of water.

Cycloking: Pretty okay guy for doing Wheelies, but isn’t that great. – Unlocked at the start of the game.

Ninja: All arounder. – Beat the final crashed lair level.

Mr Chopper: Good at wheelies, but sucks when you get airborne or for doing tricks. – Final crashed lair level.

Bad Viking: Sucks. – Meadow Lane in under 50 seconds.

Santa Carlos: Sucks – Final crashed lair level.

The Wheel: Good at speed. – Final crashed lair level.

Sir Colin: He can only drive for 10 minutes, but is pretty good at stunts. Low power though. – Final crashed lair level.

Pixel World

The Whale

3rd place gets you the 3rd Pizza Slice.

15 or more back rolls gets you Daft Lorna

I haven’t played that far from here yet, but I know that there is about a few more maps. The Sun, Asteroid, and the Drains. From there I presume you can go into the Super Lair and win. Although with this much info you should be able to easily get past everything. Ice cream is going to be on the badges I bet, we’ll add that when it gets badges.

Okay and we’re back.

Asteroid Top

This level is a joke compared to some of the other ones. I used terminal and 20 stunts comes just naturally.